Rosemarie Truman, Founder and CEO of The Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI), presents research finding the US, EU & UK will lose all innovation leadership positions by 2029 but hope lies as venturing in startups contribute to more efficient patent usage as well as better patent effectiveness

17:55-18:25

Fireside chat: Houston Exponential and the HX Venture Fund – what the global CVC community needs to know

Fireside chat - Combining corporates from different industries around single mission venturing strategiesJeff Peters, Principal, Autotech Ventures, and Guillermo Borda, Managing Partner, HX Venture Fund, in conversation. (Autotech Ventures and HX Venture Fund both count several corporates among their backers and both have a single focus, respectively advanced mobility and Houston).

The joy of term sheets. How to achieve your financial and strategic objectives via the term sheet. Led and moderated by Neil Foster, Baker Botts

Combining CVC with strategic technology deployment. What are the best models for driving the adoption of portfolio business technology by the parent company? Led and moderated by Kirk Coburn, Investment Director, Shell Ventures, and Kash Siddiqui, Accenture Ventures

Pushing the Boundaries – Produced Water Challenges. Led and moderated by Gautam Phanse, Technology Manager - Water & Emerging Materials at Chevron Technology Ventures

The unusual suspects – who are the new CVCs on the energy & mobility bloc and can they replace the incumbents? Led and moderated byKaloyan Andonov, GCV

16:45 – 17:00

Concluding comments, closing remarks and thanks

17:00

Reception (drinks and eats)

Conference ends

ROOM 2

09:00-09:05

Welcome and Global University Venturing update

James Mawson, Founder, Global University Venturing and Thierry Heles, Editor, Global university Venturing

09:05-09:25

Why universities should care about student and faculty startups and spinouts

From an administrative viewpoint creating impact in the world from the research and teaching is primary but how important are the tech transfer and entrepreneurial activities in this mix and how are things changing for the future.

Creating, Developing and Funding University startups for Corporate Strategic needs of business units

Moderator: Ria P. Ancheta-Adrias, Director of Operations, NCET2Eric Breese, Investment Manager, Evonik Venture CapitalDavid Zimmerman, Director, Technology Commercialization, Stevens Institute of TechnologyGlenn Vonk, Director of Business Development and Alliances, NCET2 (formerly from BD Tech)16:00-16:25Handling the cycle to an exit: from raising a fund, investing and finding corporate partners for portfolio companies to successful trade sales and IPOsPeter Devine, CEO, Uniseed, a venture fund operating at the Universities of Queensland, Sydney, New South Wales and Melbourne and the CSIRO.

16:25-16:55Fireside chat:Introduction: James MawsonTony Stanco, Founder, NCET2, presents its survey on IP licensing terms and discusses withDoug Hockstad, Assistant Vice President, Tech Launch Arizona, The University of Arizona, and Former Board member, Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), on the implications for tackling fiefdoms and administrations